Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 10 meter behavior

2011-08-09 Thread n6ax
08, 2011 2:38 PM To: Robert Redmon; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 10 meter behavior yes kpa-500 serial 230 has exactly the same behavior Von: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] im Auftrag von

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 10 meter behavior

2011-08-09 Thread Don Wilhelm
Wayne's post yesterday (copied below) had the information to cure it. Give that a try. 73, Don W3FPR Bob, This can usually be corrected (at the K3) by re-doing the power calibration steps, or by manually

[Elecraft] KPA500 10 meter behavior

2011-08-08 Thread Robert Redmon
I put my KPA500 on 10 today for the first time and noticed a rather unexpected behavior. Often, on the first character of transmission, the K3 drive power apparently spikes, driving the KPA500 to more than 700 watts. This seems to stabilize following that first dit or two, but I have to reduce

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 10 meter behavior

2011-08-08 Thread Klaus Koppendorfer
Betreff: [Elecraft] KPA500 10 meter behavior I put my KPA500 on 10 today for the first time and noticed a rather unexpected behavior. Often, on the first character of transmission, the K3 drive power apparently spikes, driving the KPA500 to more than 700 watts. This seems to stabilize following

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 10 meter behavior

2011-08-08 Thread Robert Garceau
: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Betreff: [Elecraft] KPA500 10 meter behavior I put my KPA500 on 10 today for the first time and noticed a rather unexpected behavior. Often, on the first character of transmission, the K3 drive power apparently spikes, driving the KPA500 to more than 700 watts. This seems